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iraq, syria and egypt. they have no influence at the moment that leaves the free content is saudi arabia cut iran and turkey and these are the only arab countries. in many ways, this saturday's see themselves staring match in a do or die confrontation with the rain and. also think kerry and, nuclear. they see the emergence of the new iraqi state as a major commit major loss of the strategic position. they represent the fact he is in our country along with the shia prime minister and has occurred for president. and by contrast, dave may take some, as we heard from david come to some great relief in the fact that he ran mean friend, if you want, ally of syria is in deep trouble and is about the regime may collapse. and with it of course that would be a serious blow not just to iran and syria, but with respect to hezbollah which has been iran's great arm for both deterrence and punishment for anyone they do not like. so both interior in iraq, you can look at turks may be as a potential balance. it is ruled by
iraq, syria and egypt. they have no influence at the moment that leaves the free content is saudi arabia cut iran and turkey and these are the only arab countries. in many ways, this saturday's see themselves staring match in a do or die confrontation with the rain and. also think kerry and, nuclear. they see the emergence of the new iraqi state as a major commit major loss of the strategic position. they represent the fact he is in our country along with the shia prime minister and has...
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large measure has to do with syria. because i suspect this is where we are seeing a great deal of cooperation between the two countries. not only that one and obama talking quite often on this issue, as they have on other questions with respect to the arab spring, but as i said earlier, whatever happens to say, turkey will be critical. land border, the coastal links. so if you are washington and you are doing some contingency planning, you have to be working with the turks constantly. so there's not that much that's what i think in danger of the american-turkish relationship at the moment. there has been some, but what the armies have done, and there's some accusation in the turkish press and also by turkish officials indirectly that the iranians have, in order to punish the turks, or to send them a signal, kind of supported some of the attacks against turkish military targets, which were quite effective. i think there's a split between hard-liners and moderate ones. the hard-liners have traditionally been more pro-iran
large measure has to do with syria. because i suspect this is where we are seeing a great deal of cooperation between the two countries. not only that one and obama talking quite often on this issue, as they have on other questions with respect to the arab spring, but as i said earlier, whatever happens to say, turkey will be critical. land border, the coastal links. so if you are washington and you are doing some contingency planning, you have to be working with the turks constantly. so...
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they have constantly, they are constantly criticizing turkey on its approach to syria. and fundamentally, this shift in turkish foreign policy from a noninterventionist, the sanctity of the state the's approach -- the state's approach to a more normative, even being the protecter of, you know, the victimized people type approach is going to have fundamental consequences for the relationship with iran. because unlike what turkey did in the past which was to call ahmadinejad on the day that he was elected after this, you know, the elections in 2008 where it was gross violations and the president going to iran on the day at the peak of the oppressions against the mousavi regime or mousavi people and not saying a word about them in iran, in tehran in its official talks, that was the old turkish policy. today with the new turkish policy, a turkish government that is criticizing syria on how it treats it own citizens, turkey cannot remain aloof anymore to the behavior of the regime in iran. so i think that relationship as well as the relationship with damascus is in for a ver
they have constantly, they are constantly criticizing turkey on its approach to syria. and fundamentally, this shift in turkish foreign policy from a noninterventionist, the sanctity of the state the's approach -- the state's approach to a more normative, even being the protecter of, you know, the victimized people type approach is going to have fundamental consequences for the relationship with iran. because unlike what turkey did in the past which was to call ahmadinejad on the day that he...
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we of course discuss the middle east and in particular syria. we've worked closely together to increase the pressure on the regime. we welcome the recent action by the arab league and i met with members of the opposition last week. we encourage other arab leaders to meet with them as well and continue our support for peaceful protests and reform inside syria and compared notes on the parliamentary elections in egypt. the egyptian people are justifiably proud to begin the process of choosing their new leaders. we urge the egyptian authorities to ensure that free and fair voting continues through the next election round and that there would be a steady transition toward a new civilian government. and at the same time we call upon the peaceful protesters and holding those accountable for previous incidents of violence. this is just a snapshot and for again foreign secretary, welcome back to washington. >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen is a great pleasure. our goal is to be here in washington with secretary clinton. the united states of
we of course discuss the middle east and in particular syria. we've worked closely together to increase the pressure on the regime. we welcome the recent action by the arab league and i met with members of the opposition last week. we encourage other arab leaders to meet with them as well and continue our support for peaceful protests and reform inside syria and compared notes on the parliamentary elections in egypt. the egyptian people are justifiably proud to begin the process of choosing...
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libya where arguably we have no real definable national security interests, scratch our heads over syria, and we lecture israel all the while, and i say during all of this, the center fusions continue to spin in iran. they are moving towards nuclear stay tut. i believe the mullas in teheran already made a decision for themselves that they want to be a nuclear power. they look at north korea and see they have a few crude devices, and they are essentially untouchable. they looked at libya, they gave up their program in exchange for international friendship and relationships. i think they concluded that they want the credibility, the leverage that a nuclear weapon gets them. the center fusions spin, and ultimately it goes from low enriched product to a high enriched product to make a weapon. they'll have enough material. the united states is going to have to be ready, i think, to con prompt the reality of what to do -- confront the reality of what to do, and in this case, you then have to say as the speaker mentioned, the question for us in the country is can we live with a nuclear iran. i
libya where arguably we have no real definable national security interests, scratch our heads over syria, and we lecture israel all the while, and i say during all of this, the center fusions continue to spin in iran. they are moving towards nuclear stay tut. i believe the mullas in teheran already made a decision for themselves that they want to be a nuclear power. they look at north korea and see they have a few crude devices, and they are essentially untouchable. they looked at libya, they...
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he visited egypt, syria, no, not syria. saudi arabia, iraq, turkey, even offered to meet with ahmadinejad. yet in three years in office he hasn't had the time or interest to visit israel. our allies, our friend. the sole middle east nations that fully shares our values, the nation of president truman's words that's an embodiment of our great ideals of this civilization. know, over the last three years president obama has instead chase and israel. is an ago addressed united nations and the president chastise israel but had almost had nothing to say about hamas launching thousands of rockets into israel sky. he's publicly propose that israel a top indefensible borders. he's insulted prime minister netanyahu and he's been timid and weak in the face of the existential threat that iran faces -- excuse me, that israel faces from iran. these actions have emboldened palestinian hard-liners, and are now opposed to form a unity government with terrorists and hamas. they feel they can bypass israel at the bargaining table. president o
he visited egypt, syria, no, not syria. saudi arabia, iraq, turkey, even offered to meet with ahmadinejad. yet in three years in office he hasn't had the time or interest to visit israel. our allies, our friend. the sole middle east nations that fully shares our values, the nation of president truman's words that's an embodiment of our great ideals of this civilization. know, over the last three years president obama has instead chase and israel. is an ago addressed united nations and the...
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there is a flight, a plane that has been going from iran to syria to venezuela and back every week. we don't know who's on it, we don't know what's on it, but you can believe that there's some hezbollah connection to it. so i think that was a good, good thing that you raised it, and i think we should pursue that more. i want to talk about merida. we talked about it initially, and i wanted just to talk about it. when we announced the initiative in october of 2007, um, we were told it would be a three-year program. and last year we had the announcement of beyond merida and continued funding through the fy-2011 and 2012 budget, so it appears merida's here to stay at least for the near future. how long does the administration plan funding to continue? should it continue for the foreseeable future, or should we start thinking about phasing it out and maybe doing something new? ambassador? >> congressman, that's a perfectly legitimate question, you have every right to, to grill us on this, on this question every time we come before you. my answer once again is filtered through my experien
there is a flight, a plane that has been going from iran to syria to venezuela and back every week. we don't know who's on it, we don't know what's on it, but you can believe that there's some hezbollah connection to it. so i think that was a good, good thing that you raised it, and i think we should pursue that more. i want to talk about merida. we talked about it initially, and i wanted just to talk about it. when we announced the initiative in october of 2007, um, we were told it would be a...
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just last week in a story entitled "russia delivers missiles to syria" a.f.p. reported despite the brutal violence of the assad regime over israel's objections russia delivered 22 supersonic missiles to the syrian government worth at least $300 million. then there is russia's continued interference in the sovereign territory and internal affairs of the republic of georgia. a country that the russian military invaded in 2008 and continues to occupy to this day. two weeks ago there was a presidential election in the breakaway state of south asentia which is part of georgia's sovereign territory. but when moscow's candidate was defeated, the supreme court of this russian proxy state declares the results illegal and nullified the vote. russian parliamentarians applauded. finally, there is the unfortunate issue of russia's continued backsliding on human rights and democracy. a few months ago, president medvedev announced as we all know that he would step aside in russia's election next year so that vladimir putin could once again run for the russian presidency. some
just last week in a story entitled "russia delivers missiles to syria" a.f.p. reported despite the brutal violence of the assad regime over israel's objections russia delivered 22 supersonic missiles to the syrian government worth at least $300 million. then there is russia's continued interference in the sovereign territory and internal affairs of the republic of georgia. a country that the russian military invaded in 2008 and continues to occupy to this day. two weeks ago there was...
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lookup that is working for syria. >> guest: i think this is a good point because while there are many who say that she's going to be gotten in north korea, i mean, while you can make a direct comparison between what happened in the arab spring what happened in north korea, we did learn from the air springs of these sorts of regimes are quite brittle. you think succession is an easy thing to do just because dictators want to stay in power. it's just not that easy. >> host: from the new york times yesterday you said quote, while some observers hope that kim jong-il's death will unleash democratic regime change, china will work strongly against that possibility. you go on to write but given that beijing has the only eyes inside the north, washington and so could do little in response. can you elaborate? >> guest: one of the questions as we go forward is what will be china's role in trying to prop up the north. there's a pitcher right now in the region that has a greater stake in keeping the koreas divided in china. china has made it their core strategic calculation that a unified korea,
lookup that is working for syria. >> guest: i think this is a good point because while there are many who say that she's going to be gotten in north korea, i mean, while you can make a direct comparison between what happened in the arab spring what happened in north korea, we did learn from the air springs of these sorts of regimes are quite brittle. you think succession is an easy thing to do just because dictators want to stay in power. it's just not that easy. >> host: from the...
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you combine that with the connection tehran has with today mass us in -- damascus and syria and hamas and hezbollah and you have a very lethal combination of elements playing out here. as for me, i say the leadership in iran has already decided to go nuclear. i think they have looked at the world. they looked at north korea. they're a nuclear power. maybe a handful of crude devices, they're out of reach for most people they look at libya which had a program they gave up for international friendships and alliances look what happened there. i think in tehran they're saying we want the leverage and stature that being a nuclear power will bring. so then we have to ask ourselves a simple question. can you live with a nuclear iran? if the answer is yes, then you're going to have to live with i think the dramatic proliferation implications including saudi arabia going nuclear, turkey likely going nuclear. egypt, although we don't know what the leadership structure is going to look like anytime soon but chances are with the strong backbone of egyptian military they go nuclear. i say at that p
you combine that with the connection tehran has with today mass us in -- damascus and syria and hamas and hezbollah and you have a very lethal combination of elements playing out here. as for me, i say the leadership in iran has already decided to go nuclear. i think they have looked at the world. they looked at north korea. they're a nuclear power. maybe a handful of crude devices, they're out of reach for most people they look at libya which had a program they gave up for international...
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syria was so serious about developing a nuclear weapon, probably with the help of north korea and iran, that in 2007 israel had to destroy a syrian nuclear site. terrorist groups and other rogue actors also seek the development or the acquisition of nuclear arms. and, ofand of course fourth we t yet forget about russia. your honor the provisions of the new start agreement, russia can expand its nuclear force rather than pursue reductions. russia tends to build a heavy new icbm be available by 2018. russia expects to build eight new nuclear submarines, and it also plans on designing and building a new nuclear bomber. we cannot afford to let our nuclear deterrent atrophy in light of so many nuclear threats. once we lose nuclear capabilities, it will be extremely hard to reconstitute them. we need a reliable and credible nuclear arsenal. we need it to dissuade new nations from acquiring nuclear weapons. we need it to deter nuclear powers from using their weapons, and we need it to hold enemy arsenals at risk. people may not always stop and think about the demands placed on america's nucle
syria was so serious about developing a nuclear weapon, probably with the help of north korea and iran, that in 2007 israel had to destroy a syrian nuclear site. terrorist groups and other rogue actors also seek the development or the acquisition of nuclear arms. and, ofand of course fourth we t yet forget about russia. your honor the provisions of the new start agreement, russia can expand its nuclear force rather than pursue reductions. russia tends to build a heavy new icbm be available by...